Tag: sxsw2026

The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes...

From Canada to Florida, from friendship to data points, four highly-charged documentaries made a mark at SXSW.

In documentaries like Welcome to the Club and The Winding Stream, director Beth Harrington celebrates the work of outsider artists, pinpointing their importance in culture. Beyond the Duplex Planet covers David Greenberger, more overlooked rather than an outsider. For years...

Director Nan Feix tells an irresistibly charming story of a cook and a waitress.

Ora Duplass and Chosen Jacobs star, Katie Aselton directed, Mark Duplass wrote.

Elsie Fisher leads a talented ensemble in writer/director Fergus Campbell's charming adventure.

Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, and Francis Cronin direct the documentary, which follows one woman's brave journey through trauma and up a mountain, while the night she lost her legs becomes a true-crime story.

Mor Cohen and Polaris Banks scripted and star; Polaris Banks directed.

Singer and songwriter Steven Fromholz's roots go deep and his influence goes wide.

Actress/director Ayden Mayeri's surprising documentary celebrates life, friendship and the ties that bind. Which is still only half the story. Because there's also the music!

The gig economy is killing Gen Z, and Grind has something to say about it. This anthology film from directors Brea Grant (12 Hour Shift), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), and Ed Dougherty explores the unique and exquisite pains of making...

A weekend couples’ excursion the Australian woods goes hellishly awry in director Richard E. Williams’s experimental POV horror, Dead Eyes, premiering this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Sean (Rijen Laine) and his fiancée Grace (Ana Thu Nguyen) are meeting...

"Five ballerinas, stranded in a remote forest ... must weaponize!" If that partial quote, borrowed from a film below, doesn't get you excited for SXSW 2026, I don't know what will, my friends.  We've already covered the opening night film...

Exciting news out of Austin, Texas, today, as SXSW 2026 announced its opening night film for its 40th year: the world premiere of Boots Riley's I Love Boosters. Here's the official verbiage: "South by Southwest® (SXSW®) announced today that NEON's...